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How Does State Aid to NYC Compare to Aid Allocated to Non-City School Districts?

Total State Aid to School Districts

Total state aid to school districts tends to be distributed fairly progressively to the independent school districts, but the cities often receive less than districts with similar wealth. For example, New York City’s wealth would put it into the third quintile (below) but it receives below average aid for that quintile. New York City has a very high concentration of special needs students and is in the highest costs region in the state, and therefore would be need to receive significantly about average aid to provide the same level of service to its students. For more information on state aid to school districts see the EPP reports, "Checkerboard II (pdf)," "Building Aid Short-Changes the Big Cities (pdf)," and "The Regressive Effects of STAR (pdf)."

State Aid to Independent School Districts and New York City (excluding STAR), 1998-2000
Source: Author's calculations from data provided by the Fiscal Analysis Unit of the New York State Department of Education

Total Expenditure	Operating Aid	Extraordinary Needs Aid
STAR	Building Aid	The Geographical Distribution of New York State Aid to School Districts Under Construction

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